Oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane to ethene over a superbase supported LiCl system

LiCl-promoted superbase catalysts were found to be stable and highly selective to ethene for oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane, giving 84% ethane conversion and 74% ethene yield at 923 K. Results indicated that the stronger the basicity of LiCl-based catalysts, the better the catalytic performance.